Garment-hanger.



I'. P. TRAVERSI. GARMBNT HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. z3

Patented Apr. 11,1911.

FRANK P. TRAVERSI, or NEW Yoan, 1v. Y.

' i eABMENT-HANGER.

Application led August 23,' 1910. Serial No. 578,512. f

"To all whom 'it concern: v

Be itoknown that I, FRANK P. TRAVERSI,

4 a subject of the King of Italy, anda resident of the city of New York,.borough of Manhattan, in they countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved- Garment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, vand exact description.-

My' invention relates to garment hangers, my more particular purpose being toV provide a composite. garment' hanger having compartments for holdingmaterial for destroying or driving away moths and 'other vermin. a

My invention further contemplates the addition. to a garment hanger of a longitudinal member provided with graduations and `with clips movable relatively to the graduations in order to adapt the device for.. use upon garments of various kinds and of dilierent sizes.

My invention'. also comprehends various detailsin construction, useful rfor garment hangers generally.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanyingV drawings forming a partof this specification, in, which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation, showing my limproved garment hangercomplete; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan or bottom view of the hanger',

be made of any. other material.

the composite horizontal rod, however, be-

ing partly broken away; Fig. 3 a sectionV one shoulder piece is parallel wit theend portion of the other shoulder piece when the two shoulder pieces are placed together,as

indicated in Fig. 1j The two shoulder pieces are provided with eyes -6, 7 and so arranged that a pin 8 may be inserted through all of these eyesfand thus connect together the two shoulder. pieces. The pin 8 isprovided at its upper end with a hook.

9 whereby the device -may be suspended. It

is further provided with an annular bead Specification of Letters Patent. i. Patented Apr. 11,

10 and with a threaded portion 11,v a nut 12 being threaded internally and fitted 4upon this threaded portion The ltwo shoulder pieces 5V are provided with holes 13 and with' two depressions 14,-'these depressions being for the accommodation of the nut 12. The two shoulder pieces are-provided with large ,compartments llilled with material for de- -stroying or drivingv away moths and other vermin. Cedar `\shavings, moth balls', and

-'many similar materials may be employed for this purpose.

rlwo slides 16 are 'fitted into ways' 17 and are` removable at will, these slides serving as lids .for the compartments containing the loose materials just mentioned. The slides 16 are providedrespectively with nail holes 16a for the use of the operator in moving the slides in order to open the compartments.

Mounted upon the outer ends of the shoulderpieces 5 are plates 19 and adjacent to the latter are slots 20. Two bar s 21,'22, nearly alike, are pivotally connected to the-'plates 19, aswill be understood from Fig. 2. These rods, when connected together as hereinafter described, virtually constitute a single con tinuous horizontal bar. Mounted upon this bar are slide rings 23 carrying clips 24 and hooks 25. By turning the slide rings, either the clips 24 or the hooks 25, as desired, may

be causedto extend downwardly.. The rod` 21 Vis provided with a threaded tubular portion 26 and the rod 22 is provided with -a reduced portion 27 for extending into this tubular portion. A; pin 28 extendsdiametrically through the tubular portion v26 and the reduced portion 27 as will be understood from Fig. 4. A sleeve 29 is threaded interlnally for a partof its length and this thread- -ed portion 1s -Iitted upon a tubular threaded portion 26. By turning the sleeve 29 it may be moved horizontally along the general d1- rection ,of-the rods 21, 22 until it covers the ar, as a whole, comparatively rigid.

The bar is provided with 'graduations which are useful in determining the positions which should be 'occupied by the4 slide. rings 23 and clips 24 or hooks 25 carried by 'these slide rings. This arrangement is desirable in order to adjust the device for garments of different kinds, such, for instance, as different varieties or sizes 'of trousers. Where coats, cloaks, and the like are to oint between these rods, and thus makes the- A' 2" practically gotten out of theyvay. v

l I do not limitmyselfl to theprecise con-` l struction I have showny and described, as'

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displayed, they are arran ed to envelop theshoulder pieces 5. In or er to disassemble the parts, as, for instance, for the purpose of shipping, the nut '12 is taken oif and the pin 5 8 removed. 'The two shoulder ieces may -then be arranged in compact orm. For

- this 'urpose the slides 16 and loose material carrledwithin the compartments need not be destroyed.- i The .sleeve 29 is turned farv enough to expose the pin28 which is then f'driven out. The two rods 21, 22 are then swung up toward the respective shoulder n' :gfpie'ces associated with them'v and are thus reasonable variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my inf vention. p

2.0 Having thus describedmy invention, I

...claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.:

1. In a garment hanger, the4 combination houlder leces, each provided `of a pair of with a compartment or holdingmaterial for'driving awa vermin, andfurther pro-l vided With venti ation holes 'for facilitating the effect of said material, slides for closing* the compartments, and means,-vf or"con1iectl ing said shoulder pieces togethealsaid means including a pin, said pin being disposed ad#A jacenttothe ends of said slides for normally said material within said compartments, and

means including a fastening member common to all of said slides for normally preventing the removal of the latter.

3.A A garment hanger, comprisi'n a plurality of shoulder pieces each provi ed with a number of eyes, and further lprovided with' 50 a compartmentwfor holding a material de- V structive to vermin, slides for. holding said material within said compartments, and av pin extending through said eyes and disposed adjacent to saidslides for the purpose 55 of normally preventing their removal.

' In testi ony whereof I havelsigned my name to t is specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p FRANK P. TRAVERSI.

fVlTitnesses:`

WAL'roN. HARRISON, .IOHN P. DAvrs. 

